Downstream Sync Rate

Some articles on sync rate:

ADSL Max - Rate Adaptation and BT Wholesale's 'Dynamic Line Management' (DLM)
... information to the end user's DSL modem to allow it to choose a suitable sync rate with which to connect to the DSLAM, balancing speed against the risk of errors due to ... to the DSLAM output power, suggested target signal-to-noise-ratio (SNR) margin and sync rate and can choose to apply a technique known as interleaving which aids error correction ... Several factors dictate the sync rate, which limits the maximum attainable speed, such as the presence of noise within the frequency spectrum used by ADSL, but chiefly it is the distance from the Central Office (te ...

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